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Author
Publisher
Thunder Bay Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Smithsonian America: The Atlas is a superb depiction of the history of North America and the United States told through extensive photographs and maps, both old and new. In collaboration with experts from the Smithsonian Institution, every corner of the continent is explored in detail--from the early people who first settled the land thousands of years ago to the diversity of the present day. This edition also includes 32 pages of bonus material,...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today. In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller--authors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"--explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece—the Venetian mappa mundi—that revolutionized how we see the world. In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the world. Seven feet in diameter, Fra Mauro’s mappamundi is the oldest and most complete Medieval map to survive into modernity. And in its time, this groundbreaking mappamundi provided the most detailed description of the known world, incorporating...
Author
Publisher
Viking Studio
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A collection of unusual maps is complemented by interesting statistics and social commentary, in a volume that includes a map of Thomas More's Utopia and imaginings of what the globe might look like if its lands and oceans were inverted.
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